William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Morrigan's Call ; Year: 2006; Genre: Celtic Folk Rock I thought I should pick something that might be loosely considered apropos for this St. Patrick's Day. Cruachan came to mind for some reason and I think it fits well. Hear The Morrigan's Call on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Flogging Molly - (No More) Paddy's Lament My song pick two years ago today: Black 47 - The Big Fella My song pick three years ago today: Frank Mackey & the Keltic Cowboys - Kiss My Irish Ass My song pick four years ago today: Dropkick Murphys - Black Velvet Band My song pick five years ago today: Black 47 - Green Suede Shoes My song pick six years ago today: Savatage - St. Patricks My song pick seven years ago today: Mose Allison - Your Mind is on Vacation My song pick eight years ago today: Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

1054 Cruachan - The Gael I thought for sure that I added at least one of this great Irish Celtic Metal band's songs to my list, but I guess haven't. For those unaware of this band or the Celtic Metal genre, Celtic Metal is a sub-genre of Folk Metal, which in itself is a sub-genre of Black Metal. Cruachan fuses Metal sounds with traditional Irish Folk music stylings; and thus you get what has been referred to as Celtic Metal. The band's name, Cruachan, is pronounced Kroo-ah-Kahn; evidently this is the name of an important ancient archaeological site in County Roscommon, Ireland, from which the band took its name. Anyway, this is a very dynamic song, which starts out very light with a clean guitar and vocals. It builds with the rhythm section kicking in and becoming progressively fuller, then comes in the Irish Folks music as an interlude; the entire band then kicks in with full Celtic Folk Metal sound. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ...